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 Tyler County Courthouse
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TYLER COUNTY
HISTORY
Tyler County was created by
an act of the Virginia General Assembly on December 16, 1814 from
parts of Ohio County. The county was named in honor of John Tyler
(1747-1813).
John Tyler
was born in James City County, Virginia on February 28, 1747. A
graduate of William and Mary College, he studied law and was
appointed a judge of the admiralty in 1776. He was a member of the
Virginia General Assembly (1778-1788), serving as Speaker in 1781
and in 1783. He was elected a judge of the Virginia general court
(1789-1808) and later served as the Governor of Virginia (1808 to
1811). After his term had expired, he was appointed by President
James Madison Judge of the U.S. District Court for Virginia in 1811.
Judge Tyler served in that position until his death on January 6,
1813. His son, John Tyler, was the 10th President of the United
States.
Middlebourne, the current county seat,
replaced Sistersville as the county seat in 1815, primarily because
it was more centrally located and had a larger population (then
around 100). It had been established as a town by legislative
enactment on January 27, 1813 on the lands of Robert Gorrell. He had
settled in the area in 1798. The town was named Middlebourne because
it was about halfway between Pennsylvania and the old Salt Wells on
the Kanawha River above Charleston. The county court met at various
residences throughout Middlebourne until 1854 when a court house was
finally built. The town was incorporated on February 3,
1871.
Tyler County is the site of the
world's largest gas well, "Big Moses." It produces approximately 100
million cubic feet of gas each day, and was drilled in 1894.
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